Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
McLennan County, Texas, has about 270,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from McLennan County depends on where the incident happened: the McLennan County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Texas Public Information Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from McLennan County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In McLennan County that is the McLennan County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's agency list also places seven other agencies and three campus police departments in McLennan County, each with a records office of its own.
The Valley Mills Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including McLennan County, so its arrests are not broken out for McLennan County here.
Reports from the McLennan County Sheriff's Office
The McLennan County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 95 violent and 344 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 741 arrests for 2024.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at mclennan.gov/185/Sheriffs-Office (page title: Sheriff's Office | McLennan County, TX), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 429), so open it in a browser.
Reports from the City Agencies in McLennan County
The 14 cities the FBI lists in McLennan County with a reporting agency of their own, the largest twelve first, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Waco: 614 violent and 2,665 property crimes reported for 2025; 3,640 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hewitt: 26 violent and 153 property crimes reported for 2025; 429 arrests reported for 2025.
- Robinson: 12 violent and 100 property crimes reported for 2025; 97 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bellmead: 37 violent and 297 property crimes reported for 2025; 713 arrests reported for 2025.
- Woodway: 8 violent and 101 property crimes reported for 2025; 82 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lacy-Lakeview: 35 violent and 112 property crimes reported for 2025; 278 arrests reported for 2025.
- McGregor: 36 arrests reported for 2020. The McGregor police department's page is at cityofmcgregor.com/city-services/police-department, phone (254) 840-2806 (verified October 1, 2026).
- West: 3 violent and 11 property crimes reported for 2025; 10 arrests reported for 2025.
- Beverly Hills: 10 violent and 67 property crimes reported for 2025; 162 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mart.
- Lorena: 1 violent and 16 property crimes reported for 2025; 33 arrests reported for 2025.
- Moody.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The rest: Bruceville-Eddy and Riesel.
How Many Reports: McLennan County in 2025
The 12 agencies in McLennan County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 843 violent and 3,878 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 11 agencies in McLennan County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,539 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Texas Public Information Act Requires
Under the Texas Public Information Act the agency must answer a request within 10 business days, and it may charge the copy rates set by the Attorney General, plus labor for large requests. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at mclennan.gov/508/Request (page title: Request | McLennan County, TX).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 254-757-5084, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in McLennan County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the McLennan County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Texas Public Information Act the answer is due within 10 business days.
How long does an agency in McLennan County have to answer?
Under the Texas Public Information Act, within 10 business days. It may charge the copy rates set by the Attorney General, plus labor for large requests.
How do I get a report from the McLennan County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Texas Public Information Act the answer is due within 10 business days.
Is this the official McLennan County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.